26.8% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of people whose highest year of school is Year 12 or equivalent.
Drake · Suburb / Locality
Education & Qualifications in Drake
How far people went at school, the qualifications they hold and what they studied.
About 32% of residents in Drake stopped their formal schooling at Year 10, the most common exit point for the area. This is a place where fewer people have finished high school or university compared to the rest of the state, with only 10.8% of adults holding a bachelor degree or higher.
Schooling
Highest year of school completed.
Only 26.8% of people here completed Year 12, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.9%. This is among the lowest levels of high school completion seen in similar areas.
Highest year of school
View on map →In Drake, the largest group is Year 10 at 39%, followed by Year 12 (33%) and Year 9 or below (24%).
Qualifications
Post-school qualifications and degrees.
Higher education is less common here than in most areas. The proportion of adults with a bachelor degree or higher is 10.8%, which is far below the national figure of 26.3%.
10.8% ▲ +56.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ whose highest qualification is a bachelor degree or above (incl. graduate and postgraduate).
Highest qualification level
View on map →In Drake, the largest group is Certificate III / IV at 46%, followed by Advanced diploma / diploma (23%) and Bachelor degree (17%).
Field of study
What people studied.
Those with qualifications in Drake most commonly studied architecture and building, while education and society and culture are the next most frequent fields of study.
Schools
Schools in the area and how many children they serve (ACARA).
The area has one government primary school. With an average size of just 14 students, it is among the smallest schools of its kind and has a school advantage score that is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Schools serving the area — within 3 km of small areas, or inside larger ones. A measure of access (catchments overlap, so don't add it across areas).
14
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Average enrolment per school in the area.
928
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Enrolment-weighted average ICSEA — an index of socio-educational advantage, centred near 1000 (context, not a quality ranking).
Schools serving Drake
1 school — 14 students, average ICSEA 928.
By sector: Government 1
By type: Primary 1
| Drake Public School, Drake | Government | Primary | 4.8 km | 14 | 928 |
Sources
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Education & Qualifications in Drake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11292/drake/topic/education